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Debian 9: DLA-2506-1 Critical: Awstats Path Traversal Attack Fix

debian lts
Calendar Grey December 23, 2020
Dist Debian Esm H88
Debian LTS Advisory DLA-2510-1 details a severe vulnerability in Awstats, allowing for potential code execution through path traversal techniques.
It was discovered that Awstats, a web server log analyzer, was vulnerable to path traversal attacks
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security advisory critical debian arbitrary code execution remote attack path traversal attacks awstats

Summary

For Debian 9 stretch, this problem has been fixed in version
7.6+dfsg-1+deb9u2.

We recommend that you upgrade your awstats packages.

For the detailed security status of awstats please refer to
its security tracker page at:
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/source-package/awstats

Further information about Debian LTS security advisories, how to apply
these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be
found at: https://wiki.debian.org/LTS


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Package: awstats
Version: 7.6+dfsg-1+deb9u2
CVE ID: CVE-2020-29600 CVE-2020-35176
Debian Bug: 891469 977190

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security advisory critical debian arbitrary code execution remote attack path traversal attacks awstats

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